وهي سيدة نساء العالمين ! ! ! هذا إذا لم يثبت لها حق لا بالنحلة ولا بالإرث .

And she is the mistress of the women of the worlds!!! This, even if no right were established for her, neither by the gift nor by inheritance.

فقلت له : فدك بموجب الخبر الذي رواه أبو بكر قد صار حقا من حقوق المسلمين فلم يجز له أن يأخذه منهم فقال : وفداء أبي العاص قد صار حقا من حقوق المسلمين وقد أخذه رسول الله منهم ، فقلت : رسول الله صاحب الشريعة والحكم حكمه وليس أبو بكر كذلك .

So I said to him: Fadak, by the requirement of the report which Abu Bakr related, had become a right of the rights of the Muslims; so it was not permitted him to take it from them. And he said: And the ransom of Abu al-'As had become a right of the rights of the Muslims, and the Messenger of God took it from them. So I said: The Messenger of God is the master of the Law, and the ruling is his ruling; and Abu Bakr is not so.

فقال : ما قلت هلا أخذه أبو بكر من المسلمين قهرا فدفعه إلى فاطمة عليها السلام وإنما قلت هلا استنزل المسلمين عنه واستوهب منهم لها كما استوهب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فداء أبي العاص ، أتراه لو قال هذه بنت نبيكم صلى الله عليه وآله قد حضرت تطلب هذه النخلات ، أفتطيبون عنها نفسا كانوا منعوها ذلك ؟

And he said: I did not say that Abu Bakr should have taken it from the Muslims by force and handed it to Fatima, peace be upon her. I said only that he should have persuaded the Muslims to yield it and asked it of them as a gift for her, as the Messenger of God, may God bless him and his Family, asked for the ransom of Abu al-'As as a gift. Do you suppose that had he said: This is the daughter of your Prophet, may God bless him and his Family; she has come seeking these palm-trees — will you be glad in your souls to yield them to her? — that they would have refused her that?

فقلت له : قد قال قاضي القضاة أبو الحسن عبد الجبار بن أحمد نحو ذلك ، قال : إنهما لم يأتيا بحسن في شرع التكرم وإن كان ما أتياه حسنا في الدين ، إنتهى 2 .

So I said to him: The chief judge Abu al-Hasan 'Abd al-Jabbar b. Ahmad has said the like of that. He said: The two of them did not bring what is good in the law of nobility, even if what they brought was good in the religion. End of quotation. [2]

ولنعم ما قال السيد الجذوعي ولله دره : وأتت فاطمة تطالب بالإرث * من المصطفى فما ورثاها ليت شعري لم خالفا سنن * القرآن فيها والله قد أبداها نسخت آية المواريث منها * أم هما بعد فرضها بدلاها أم ترى آية المودة لم * تأت بود الزهراء في قرباها ثم قالا أبوك جاء بهذا * حجة من عنادهم نصباها قال للأنبياء حكم بأن لا * يورثوا في القديم وانتهراها أفبنت النبي لم تدر أن كان * نبي الهدى بذلك فاها بضعة من محمد خالفت ما * قال حاشا مولاتنا حاشاها سمعته يقول ذاك وجاءت * تطلب الإرث ضلة وسفاها

And excellent is what al-Sayyid al-Judhu'i said — and God reward him: — And Fatima came demanding the inheritance — from the Chosen One, and they did not give her his inheritance. — Would that I knew: why did they oppose the ways — of the Qur'an concerning her, when God had made them clear? — Was the verse of inheritance abrogated as regards her, — or did the two of them alter it after it was ordained? — Or do you hold that the verse of love did not — bring love for al-Zahra' in her kinship? — Then the two of them said: Your father brought this — as a proof out of their obstinacy, which they set up. — He said: For the prophets there is a ruling that they are not — inherited from, of old — and they rebuffed her. — Did the Prophet's daughter then not know that — the Prophet of guidance had uttered that? — Did a portion of Muhammad oppose what — he said? God forbid our Lady, God forbid! — She heard him say that, and then came — demanding the inheritance, in error and folly?